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Charter Communications says it hires Mark Balsano, ex-AT&T, as vice president-accessibility, and separately says that John Malone retires from the board and becomes director emeritus and Liberty Broadband nominee elected to the Charter board is Jim Meyer, SiriusXM CEO ... NBC Sports Group names Pete Bevacqua, who led PGA of America, to newly created position of president, effective in September ... Entercom appoints Stephanie Perl, ex-Tribune Broadcasting, senior vice president-market manager, Entercom Hartford, effective Aug. 6.
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Ford creates Ford Autonomous Vehicles, "structured to take on third party investment" and holding automaker's stake in Argo AI, and to invest $4 billion in AV efforts through 2023 (see 1807240050); Sherif Marakby moves to CEO, Ford Autonomous Vehicles, reporting to a board chaired by Marcy Klevorn, Ford executive vice president and president-mobility, and reorganizing Global Operations led by Executive Vice President Joe Hinrichs to include IT, with Chief Information Officer Jeff Lemmer reporting to Hinrichs.
Intel board promotes to senior vice president: Michelle Johnston Holthaus, who's general manager, Sales and Marketing Group and interim chief marketing officer; Dan McNamara, general manager, Programmable Solutions Group; and Allon Stabinsky, chief deputy general counsel, Law and Policy Group and leader-global legal department.
Univision Communications Chief Revenue Officer Tonia O’Connor decides to step down ... Accenture hires Howard Marshall, ex-FBI Cyber Division, as intelligence director-cyberthreat intelligence services ... Inteserra Consulting Group, working on telecom, VoIP services, internet and wireless, hires from CCMI Michael Yokay as vice president-strategic planning ... Facebook hires Josh Althouse, ex-office of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as public policy manager.